US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Jan. 13 for "Measuring cardiovascular pressure based on patient state" (Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,026, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Measuring cardiovascular pressure based on patient state" was invented by Mary M. Morris (Shoreview, Minn.), Ruth N. Klepfer (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Karen J. Kleckner (Bradenton, Fla.) and Joel R. Lauer (Clearwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a cardiovascular pressure in a patient includes measuring, by pressure sensing circuitry of an implantable pressure sensing device, the cardiovascular pressure of the patient. The method further includes transmitting, via wireless communication circuitry of the implantable pressure sensing d...